Sock-Tober First

I am relatively newer to sock knitting, my first sock being only 2 or 3 years ago. But this is a contest I can enter!

Jane asks us to show our first and last socks.

Well, here are the first pair of socks I *started*:

These are from Paton’s Kroy sock yarn (before I got hooked on the hard stuff), pattern is “Straight-Laced” from knitty.

Yes, that’s two socks on 2 circular needles. Can’t do things the easy way. That’s no doubt part of why these socks were started but not finished! Actually, the main reason is that these socks got lost for almost two years; they were in a little bag which somehow got mixed in with some attic stuff. So they will be completed, once I get some other time-sensitive projects done! They look like nothing to write home about in the photo, but here on the right foot, you can see that they have promise. I’m past the heel turn, chugging away.

After success with this one, then I finally dared knit socks for someone else. But I like to knit for myself first if I’m trying something really new; that way, if I end up goofing up minorly or needing to finagle something, I don’t feel I have to rip it out. As long as it fits and isn’t completely hideous, I’ ll wear it with a few boo-boos!

My LAST sock follows a similar theme. First, the WIP:

Why, yes, I do have a few UFOs here and there (or hither and yarn, har, har!) — why do you ask?

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6 responses to “Sock-Tober First”

My first pair of socks were on dpn’s. It was stressful, avoiding the poking of the many sharp points. I now knit socks toe up, have no leftover yarn, knit both at the same time on two circulars. I can’t get over how magical it is to see the socks grow. When the needles come off, the set is done!

With your “lost now found” pair, you have managed to get through the most difficult part of socks (the heel)…they should be a “breeze” to finish up! The colorway looks yummy.

Hi there! I just wandered over after reading your comments in my blog. Thanks for visiting and I don’t mind if you borrow the hands. I, too, was afraid of leaving the mitts to speak for themselves, as I don’t expect non-fiber folks to get the memo, you know? Without thumbs they don’t look like much of anything. Plus I wanted to keep them together.😀